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The 2025 Lunar New Year Festival, supported by Arts Council England, will take place over two days across multiple venues in Leicester. This vibrant celebration will feature an exciting program of workshops, performances, and a colorful procession, offering a unique opportunity for the local community to engage with Chinese culture. Decorate your places with beautiful lanterns and celebrate this event in style. Head to exhibition or get going to dinners and make the Chinese New Year 2025 in Leicester a fancy schmancy affair. There’s a lot to do on this day - Make a lantern, party hard and enjoy the Chinese New Year 2025 in Leicester like never before. Eventbrite - UOL Residence Life presents Chinese New Year Parade - Sunday, 2 February 2025 at Leicester city centre, Leicester, England. Find event and ticket information. Celebrate Chinese New Year with a vibrant parade filled with dragon dances, traditional costumes, and cultural performances! Event Highlights. 1 PM - 6 PM: Highcross Leicester will host a variety of live performances, featuring traditional Chinese dances, music on classic instruments, and breath-taking acrobatics. 2:30 PM: Don’t miss the iconic Lion Dance performances across the city centre and around Highcross. Event Description Leicester celebrates the Year of the Dragon. Cosmopolitan Arts presents: Lunar New Year 2024 Leicester celebrates the Year of the Dragon. Join us for peformances throughout the day to celebrate the Lunar New Year, including Lion Dance, traditional dances and music performed on traditional Chinese instruments. Free, drop-in event. READ MORE:Restaurant 263 in Leicester to add new a la carte menu to 'best fine dining' offer This year marks the Year of the Dragon (pictured 2023's event) (Image: Lee Garrett/Leicester Mercury) Also known as Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year celebration is a vibrant tradition that brings luck and prosperity for the new year. Cosmopolitan Arts is leading on a number of events that will be taking place this weekend, including performances, lion dances and fireworks to help Leicester mark the celebrations. Saturday 10 February . 11am-4pm The Chinese New Year Show at Leicester Museum on New Walk runs from 11am until 4pm. From 2.30pm on Sunday (22 January), a traditional Chinese procession will mark the start of the Chinese New Year as it wends its way from De Montfort University to the city centre, featuring lion dancers, martial artists and pyrotechnics. A vibrant celebration of Chinese New Year will take place in Leicester city centre this weekend as we welcome in the 'year of the dragon'. Funded by Arts Council England and Leicester City Council, the celebrations taking place are described as a 'staple part of Leicester’s cultural calendar.' An array of colourful and traditional performances Chinese New Year celebrations are taking place across Leicester this weekend. The Lunar New Year celebrations welcome in the 'Year of the Dragon' - the only mythical creature among the zodiac About Chinese New Year . Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival, is a huge festival among Chinese communities in London and across the world. Based on the lunar and solar calendars, the actual date of Chinese New Year varies and each year in the Chinese calendar is represented by one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Expect acrobatic Lion and Dragon dances in Peninsula Square from 1.30pm, Firepit Art Gallery exhibitions celebrating Lunar New Year; hands-on workshops like woodblock printing, bamboo weaving and Chinese knot-making; live music from Eastern Margins DJs, and the Eternal Market - a vibrant Pan Asian showcase featuring contemporary and traditional fare, brimming with delicious food, unique crafts Event Description Includes dancing and musical performances. This exciting event will feature traditional and contemporary dance, as well as musical performances from Guzheng virtuoso Xiao Ying, and the nationally renowned artist Ling Peng. Event run by Cosmopolitan Arts, find out more about their full programme of Chinese New Year events: Chinese New Year Events in Leicester If you’re looking for something different to do in Leicester, the Year of the Snake celebrations are just the thing to break up your routine. Whether Chinese New Year is a tradition you already celebrate, or you’re curious to experience it for the first time, this event promises to be packed with New Years Eve 2025 Events near Leicester. Explore all the New year events, parties, celebrations & book tickets, passes online at AllEvents. Get ready to beat upcoming new year 2025 in Leicester. Event Description Celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Tiger with family friendly performances and workshops. Presented by Cosmopolitan Arts, join us for Leicester's Chinese and Lunar New Year Celebrations. Cosmopolitan Arts will host an impressive lineup of activities to welcome the Year of the Tiger. Here is a rundown of all of the Chinese New Year events you can experience here in Leicester: Friday, January 20 - Sunday, January 22: Exhibition and Chinese Arts Workshop, Haymarket Shopping Happy Chinese New Year! Tuesday, February 1, marked the start of the Year of the Tiger, and there are plenty of ways in which you can celebrate the event here in Leicester.. This weekend, February What is this year’s Chinese New Year animal? This coming year is the Year of the Snake, with previous Years of the Snake being 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001 and 2013.
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